Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
How Pseudoscientific Rankings Are Distorting Research
The shocking—but illustrative—example of how an Italian government agency concocted statistics to evaluate scholarship, hid them from the public, and masqueraded them as science. It’s a growing phenomenon
Larry Summers: Reagan’s Tax Plan Was Better Than Trump’s
Summers discusses inequality, the GOP tax plan, and our economic future
Why Stopping Tax “Reform” Won’t Stop Inequality
Inequality isn’t driven by taxes—it’s driven by the power of capital in relation to workers
The Big Questions Are Back
Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now
What can today’s economists learn from the 18th century Scottish thinkers who grappled with societal and economic change?
What Idea Shapes Our World More Than Adam Smith’s Economics?
Animal rights, child welfare, social equality are all a direct legacy of the “cult of feeling”
Economic Models That Are Costing Us All
When an economic model fails, it is reality—and the people living in it—who pay the bills while the model lives on, unscathed.
Protectionism Will Not Protect Jobs Anywhere
The same angst that Americans and Europeans have about the future of jobs is an order of magnitude higher in Asia.
We’ll Always Need Paris
The Many Transgressions of Deirdre McCloskey
McCloskey discusses her career, critiques of economics, and offers advice for young economists.
Mass Incarceration’s Dangerous New Equilibrium
A new model probes why the US leads the world in jailing and imprisoning people, and what it will take to reverse course
How the U.S. New Economy Business Model has devalued science & engineering PhDs
This note comments on Eric Weinstein’s, “How and Why Government, Universities, and Industries Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists and High-Tech Workers,” posted recently on INET’s website.